Farmersville vs Hillsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Farmersville and Hillsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Farmersville and Hillsboro are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsboro has the higher population (5,693 vs 756 in Farmersville). Farmersville has the higher median household income ($59,297 vs $48,158 in Hillsboro). Farmersville has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $95,800 in Hillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
Population	756	5,693
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,297	$48,158
Median home value	$113,500	$95,800
Median gross rent	$773	$841
Housing units	385	1,890
Homeownership rate	75.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
Population	687 → 756 (+10.0%)	6,402 → 5,693 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$54,500 → $59,297 (+8.8%)	$53,346 → $48,158 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $113,500 (+29.0%)	$90,200 → $95,800 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $773 (+23.3%)	$661 → $841 (+27.2%)

Farmersville

Population

687756

Median household income

$54,500$59,297

Median home value

$88,000$113,500

Median gross rent

$627$773

Hillsboro

Population

6,4025,693

Median household income

$53,346$48,158

Median home value

$90,200$95,800

Median gross rent

$661$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
Under 5	15.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	19.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.1%
75 and over	4.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
No high school diploma	7.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	32.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
Drove alone	75.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	6.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
1-unit, detached	87.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmersville	Hillsboro
Poverty rate	14.0%	15.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1962	1962